Improvement in paper vessels



H. R. WOLF. Paper-Vessel."

No. 215,309. Patented May 13, 1879.

N.FETERS, PHOTU-LITHDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C- HENRY L. R. WOLF,

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

OF DAYTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER VE SSELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2] 5,309., dated May13, 1879; application filed July 1, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. RUDOLPH WOLF, of Dayton, in the county ofMontgomcry and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Paper Vessels; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in paper or straw-board vesselsor buckets, such as are used by grocers and others for retailingberries, oysters, ice-cream, and the like.

The novelty consist-s in so folding the uncut blank from which thevessel is formed that four or more plaits or folds are obtained upon theinterior of the vessel, of several thicknesses of the material, whichserve as ribs to stilfen and strengthen the vessel without interferingwith its symmetry, as will be herein set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is the blank from which thevessel is formed. Fig. 2 is a plan view, showing the inside of thevessel when formed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the vessel.

I take an octagonal piece of stout Manila paper or straw-board, as seenin Fig. 1, and with proper machinery crease it as indicated by thedotted lines. These creases subdivide the blank into an octagonal centeror bottom, A, four sides, B, four rectangular plai ts, (J, and eighttriangular folds, D, located as shown. To form the bucket the sides arebrought up so as to overlap the folds D upon the plaits G, as seen inFigs. 2 and- 3.

The overlapped portions are secured with rivets or glue, or in anysuitable manner, and a wire bail, F, is secured through the upper endsof two of the plaits which are opposite each other, and has its endsbent to form retaining-loops, as is usual in vessels of this character.

By this construction the plaits (l are located upon the interior of thevessel, and, With the folds D, form strengthening-ribs, which impartstiffness to the vessel, and thus enable me to make it of comparativelylight material, while it will yet have the strength of vessels ofdifferent construction made of heavier material. It will be noticed thatthese plaits do not interfere with the symmetry of the vessel or destroythe regularity of its interior.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a paper vessel from an uncutblank folded up and provided with a wire bail; but

What I claim is- A paper or straw-board vessel formed from an uncutblank and provided with rectangular plaits or folds G, wherebystrengthening ribs are formed, as and for the purpose specified.

Witness my hand this 21st day of June, A. D. 1878.

H. L. RUDOLPH WOLF.

Witnesses:

GHAs. M. PECK, .P. H. GUNGKEL.

